North Perth Nab Late Equaliser

Ventured to Woodville Reserve to watch North Perth United take on Wembley Downs in a warm April Sunday afternoon expecting a similar scene to the 7 goal thriller against Fremantle Croatia the week before.
Wembley Downs were controlling most of the match with some very well constructed through passes but unfortunately they did not find their intended targets in the back of the net. Wembley were playing a rather good passing game but with the poor finishing North Perth were able to push up on the counter on a few occasions. During the end of the first half North Perth had some golden opportunities with a brilliant pass down the right wing with another pass forward to the striker only for the pass to be struck a little too hard and the striker failed to latch onto the pass.

Wembley opened the scoring and to be honest it looked like it was going to be the only goal of the game as it began to break down halfway through the second half with some rather agricultural challenges and some rather unusual referee decisions that bemused, angered and occasionally brought a smile to both team benches, supporters and spectators alike.

Handball was awarded to North Perth as the Wembley player allegedly on the ground handled the ball. However from my angle all I could see was a Wembley player making a horizontal lunge and blocking a shot. However to the cheer of the away fans the shot was saved and North Perth didnt get the equaliser they were searching for.

Despite the game petering out to a comfortable Wembley win North Perth began to turn the screws in the last 10 minutes of the game with wave after wave of attacks which resulted in a few corners. With Wembley starting to suffer from fatigue which began to turn to anger and reckless free kicks North Perth finally managed to scramble the jets off the tarmac and fire in an incredibly late goal deep into injury time to square the match at one goal a piece.

While to be fair to North Perth I did not check if they had food or drink available I ventured across the road to Di Chiera Brothers deli that is renowned for its continental rolls, chicken schnitzel rolls and other treats on the menu board of your choosing. I had the schnitzel roll for 10.50 and was incredibly delicious. I would highly recommend anyone in the area on a Sunday afternoon to watch a game at Woodville with a nice ice cold beer or soft drink and a delicious roll passing the time away. Drinks were 3.50 and Baci chocolate was 3 dollars for a block.

North Perth once again delivered the goods on the park remaining undefeated and off to a good start. Based on the two games that I have seen they should most certainly should be a serious title challenger.

Football at Woodville - North Perth United v Gwelup Croatia

No football was on during this Sunday so decided to head down to Woodville Reserve to watch some football. This entry will be rather brief as there were no food services here on offer. However on the corner of Fitzgerald street and the reserve there is a deli but not the point of this blog now is it?

The game was a very heated one with players cursing and fouling left right and centre as the game went end to end and the game ebbed and flowed. Surprised that the referee didn't pull up some f the players on some of the foul language that was uttered, even the coach received some foul language from his own players.

One saving grace about this was that they did have drinks on sale, albeit Coronas  Corona and a can of Coke was only 7 dollars so that was pretty good actually but shame they didn't have crisps or something on sale to have as a snack. Next time you head down to Woodville, make sure you take a picnic basket with you with what you want to eat and drink as this was the order of the day I observed many people doing.

All in all though a good game that was very entertaining and great to just sit down and watch some football. Maybe next time they will have a fry up or something there for the spectators.